#Drishyam
(Hindi) Rating: * * * Fairly engrossing thriller, this plot twister
regurgitated from #JeetuJoseph’s original Malayalam hit #Drishyam has
#AjayDevgan essaying an idealist facing extraordinary circumstances only to
cave in and justify an accidental murder at the pedestal of family honor. The
film has enough interesting moments, stays realistic, exhibits crisp
performances but the tension gets slack and the lack of conviction in the
‘whodunit’ revelation makes it just a wee bit contextually challenged. It’s
almost a frame to frame copy of the Mohanlal starring original and therefore
loses much of the original’s charm in the translation. Kamat is unable to stamp
his own signature on the narrative. Nevertheless it’s worthy of a watch! #ParagDesai
#UniversalPR #PanoramaStudios #Viacom18MotionPictures #AjayDevgan #ShreyaSaran #Tabu
#IshitaDutta #MrinalJadhav #JeetuJoseph #KamleshSawant #RajatKapoor
#NishikantKamatRuntime: 2 hrs 40 mins

#Southpaw (English) Rating:
* * *1/2 This pugilist action drama is a neatly packaged sports movie that provides
visceral thrills and emotional enticement through it’s star performances and
traditional story-telling format. #JakeGyllenhaal’s amazing transformation into
a boxer of world repute is worthy of high praise though. #AntoineFuqua also
manages to pack quite a few strong punches in his story that is more-or-less a
familiar retread of the ‘Rocky’ template.
#TopEntertainment #RelianceEntertainment #SpicePR #TanweerFilms
#JakeGyllenhaal #RachelMcAdams #ForestWhitaker #NaomieHarris #Curtis50CentJackson #RitaOra #VíctorOrtiz #OonaLaurence
#AntoineFuqua Runtime: 123 mins

#TheVaticanTapes (English)
Rating: * ½ The anti-christ is reborn(in cinematic terms) in this exorcist like
tale that prefers a patchy horror movie template to spill some blood and even
fewer scares. By the time the horrors come unbound you’re already too bored out
of your skull by the exposition and set-up to be bothered. #MichaelPena #AbhinavChohan
#DebparnaBannerjee #ItaiDoshinMedia #OindrillaChatterjee #MarkNeveldine
#MichaelPena #OliviaTaylorDudley
#DjimonHounsou #DougrayScott #JohnPatrickAmedori #PeterAndersson #KathleenRobertson Runtime:
91 mins

#Janiva(Marathi)Rating:
* * Criminally insensitive about sensitivity. This film is gimmicky and tries
to wrest it’s laurels by plying on sentiment and irrationality. A boy on the
cusp of manhood commits two crimes and the film tries to provide unpardonable
justifications for his exoneration. Amateurish narration, over-the-top
performances by stalwarts and unpolished ones by the youngsters, scratchy
scripting and editing and poor story-telling does it in. The only good thing
here is #RenukaShahane who exhibits shades of brilliance in her patchy though
showy performance. #HimanshuJhunjhunwala
#DwaparMedia #SatyaManjrekar #RenukaShahane #KishoreKadam #MaheshManjrekar #BlueEyeFilms #IndiraKrishnan #AtulParchure #UshaNadkarni
#VaibhaviShandilya #KiranKarmarkar #AnuradhaMukherjee #SanketAgarwal #RajeshRansinghe
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

#DeoolBanda(Marathi) Rating: * * * An NRI scientist(an
atheist by design), who created the
Raghav frequency that could serve as an early warning signal against terrorist
attacks, comes Face-to-Face with God(Swami Samarth) in an ‘#OMG’ styled
confrontation and eventually realigns with his faith. It’s an interesting
play-off engineered with some charismatic actors. The script is a little
wayward, the narrative a little too long but the payoff is substantial enough
to keep you interested. #GashmereMahajani who plays lead here has amazing
screen presence and could well see a future in the Bollywood firmament. #VatavrukshaEntertainment #MohanJoshi
#GashmeerMahajani #LatikaChindarkar #EveryMediaPR #PranitKulkarni #PravinTarde
#Club11 #JayshreeKailasWani #JuilieKailasWani #GirijaJoshi #MohanAgashe #NiveditaSaraf #ShwetaShinde #SatishAlekar #KiranYadnyopavit
#SharvariJamenis #SunilAbhyankar #SnehalTarde #RameshPardeshi #DevendraGaikwad #DeepakKaranjikar
#AryaGhare Runtime: 3 hrs 10 mins